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2016 Yunnan Sourcing "Han Gu Di" Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh tea cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

2016 Yunnan Sourcing "Han Gu Di" Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh tea cake

by Yunnan Sourcing Brand Pu-erh
$22.00 - $251.00
$22.00
$22.00 - $251.00
$22.00

Han Gu Di village is one of the more remote villages in the Jinggu area, taking nearly 1.5 hours from Jinggu town to arrive there.  Although there is a road that goes there, it's nearly impassible during the rainy season. Han Gu Di village lies at an altitude of 1700 meters and is home to tea trees ranging in age from 80 years up to 500 years.  Our Han Gu Di tea cake is made from tea leaves harvested 150-350 year old tea trees.  

Our Spring 2016 Han Gu Di harvested tea is very strong tea, and from some of the oldest trees in our offering!  The taste is bitter, sweet and savory.  There is a creamy edge to the tea when it first enters the mouth.  There is a strong mouth-watering feeling after drinking a few cups and the taste/feeling lingers in the mouth for 10 to 20 minutes after enjoying it.  The Cha Qi is strong, but grounding.  The brewed leaves are mostly dark olive in color, large (in scale), thick and stout stemmed.

 

Stone-pressed in the traditional manner.  

Wrapper design by Ronald Visser

400 grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo tong)

50 kilograms in total

 

This tea has been tested in a certified laboratory for 191 pesticides, and is within the EU MRL limits set for those 191 pesticide residues. For a full list of the 191 pesticides we tested for and more information about MRL testing and the EU Food and Safety commission click on this link.

Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 3 reviews.

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Aging Very Well

"This tea has always been good, but now with some age it is producing memorable sessions. Still has thick depth and complexity, but the experience is maturing. What prompts me to write this morning is the near-perfect rhythm from deep-forest flavors to spices in the mid-palate, then full ripe fruit in the huigan. Just a lovely experience. Rich and elegant. Nothing cloying and coats the whole mouth for a long time after drinking."

— Mark S. (5/5)

Han Gu Di

"This is the reason I love raw Pu-erh. I was drawn by the description of a grounding cha qi, and can definitely identify that quality in spite of it's power. At once calm and exhilarated. A buzzing mouth feel accompanies the lingering herbaceous taffy thickness. Steady release throughout the infusions. Some hay and grain are there in the back."

— Kameron (5/5)

Powerful, pure, complex, and deep

"The dried leaves in my sample are mid-sized spindly tendrils that smell of sweet grass and wild flowers. Wet leaves are of a candied, high floral aroma. Steeps 1 to 6 start out soft and candy-like, then quickly turn towards a dandelion greens-type of bitterness quickly replaced by high sweet floral and raw honey notes. After steep 2 the tea soup becomes thick and heavy with with the sweet (floral), bitter (dandelion greens), and savory mingling together. Those flavors are accompanied by a delightful, saliva-inducing, very strong mouthfeel that quickly fills the mouth and throat and lingers for a long time after drinking. It’s as euphoric as it is tranquil. The energy is out of this world. It sets in my entire body together, together with the mouthfeel, and I am transported back to that remote, high altitude forest whence these leaves came. At this point, I don’t care where they came from because this is powerful stuff."

— Theo W. (5/5)

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